Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics

Ikenberry, G. John; Barnett, R. M.

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“…The findings presented here are part of a growing body of literature that demonstrates that individual differences between staff supervising decisions matter for decision‐making by IO staff and member state principals (Chwieroth, 2015; Heinzel & Liese, 2021; Oksamytna et al, 2020). Consequently, the literature on the influence of international bureaucracies (Barnett & Finnemore, 2004; Bayerlein et al, 2020; Eckhard & Ege, 2016; Fleischer & Reiners, 2021) could benefit from collecting broader comparative data on the individuals working in IOs.…”

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Divided loyalties? The role of national IO staff in aid‐funded procurement

Heinzel

2021

Governance

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Many operational International Organizations (IOs) rely on national staff when implementing projects in member states. However, fears persist that the loyalties of national IO staff may be divided when working in their home countries. The article studies differences in more than 50,000 procurement decisions taken in 1729 projects overseen by World Bank staff working as expatriates or in their home countries. The empirical results show that when staff work in their home countries, national suppliers' probability of winning procurement contracts increases. However, these increases are not driven by restricted procurement processes—that exclude competition—which are often seen as red flags for corruption. Instead, restricted procurement processes seem to be less likely when staff work in their home countries. These findings imply that national IO staff use their country‐specific knowledge to increase the development effectiveness of procurement in line with the mandate of the World Bank.

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Divided loyalties? The role of national IO staff in aid‐funded procurement

Heinzel

2021

Governance

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“…The first mechanism for the EU is to defend existing multilateral institutions. This mechanism builds on the understanding that multilateral institutions have a degree of The EU's quest to sustain multilateral institutions agency separate from their member states (Barnett and Finnemore 2004;Hawkins et al 2006;Pollack 2003). As they are actors in their own right, multilateral institutions can try to resist (or ignore) external pressures, particularly when they come under direct contestation by a key member state(s) (e.g., Debre and Dijkstra 2021;Hirschmann 2021;Schuette 2021a;Dijkstra et al 2022).…”

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The show must go on: The EU's quest to sustain multilateral institutions since 2016

Schuette

Dijkstra

2023

J of Common Market Studies

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“…Today, IOs are widely perceived in academic literature as actors in their own right, with a certain degree of agency, both in the rationalist (Hawkins et al, 2006a) and constructivist (Barnett and Finnemore, 2004) camps of IO research as well as in the International Public Administration literature Oestreich, 2012). These approaches toward IOs share the assumption that IOs are responsive to their environment, for reasons including the acquisition of material resources necessary for organizational survival as well as legitimation processes with external audiences (cf.…”

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The Dual Nature of Multilateral Development Banks

Peitz

2023

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This Element offers a novel, highly relevant perspective towards Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), which are development and financial organizations at the same time. Based on the elaborate institutional logics perspective borrowed from organizational sociology, it uncovers the complex trade-offs between financial and development pressures faced by MDBs and explains variation in organizational responses thereto across types of MDBs. The argument is tested with an original dataset using Data Envelopment Analysis to explain variation in response patterns across MDBs. The analysis shows that lending to the private sector as well as being predominantly owned by borrowing members increase MDBs' emphasis on the financial at the expense of the development nature. Thereby, this Element provides unique insights into MDBs' responses to their dual nature and significantly advances our understanding of MDB lending operations, drawing attention to the complexities involved in the unique MDB business model.

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Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics

Cited by 57 publications

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Divided loyalties? The role of national IO staff in aid‐funded procurement

Divided loyalties? The role of national IO staff in aid‐funded procurement

The show must go on: The EU's quest to sustain multilateral institutions since 2016

The Dual Nature of Multilateral Development Banks

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